Took time off for personal development, reevaluation of career direction and expansion of professional skills. • Completed Lean Leadership and Six Sigma training. • Coached and mentored entrepreneurs on a pro bono basis.• Completed an Adult Basic Education tutoring certification. Tutored adults in reading and aided therapists at Anixter Center, Chicago. • Managed a home remodeling project, produced 30+ paintings to decorate the space, and built musical proficiency to live performance level.

Led transformation efforts in the cable accessories business unit. Headed continuous improvement teams and application engineering department. Highlights:• Re-engineered estimating and pricing processes resulting in $1MM incremental margin growth and 60% reduction in departmental operating expenses.• Led the company’s first technology transfer project including planning, equipment transfer, process training and validation at licensee’s facility. • Led a task force that solved an extensive quality issue and won back lost customers worth $2MM.• Integrated an acquisition of 5 product lines that doubled transaction volumes in the department while keeping staffing levels constant. • Mapped current and future state processes for 20+ distinct quotation and sales order scenarios. Provided up front change management, formal training and coaching to all stakeholders during major computer system conversion. • Identified that a shortage of certified 3rd party contractors was the major constraint to sales growth. Gained executive approval for a new, streamlined certification process that increased certification rates by 5X in the first year of implementation.

Led lean transformation efforts in the company’s sales and marketing areasHighlights: • Restructured corporate marketing function via an outsourcing strategy resulting in a 66% reduction in operating expenses. • Replaced low margin product lines with outsourced items. Managed all aspects of the project from supplier selection through launch. Added $250K of margin and enabled remaining production to be consolidated into a single facility. • Designed and implemented a modernized, online sample fulfillment process that reduced both customer waiting and sales rep follow-up times from 3 weeks to 3 days. • Streamlined the sales training process reducing average cycle time from 40 weeks to 2 weeks. Added a feedback loop to sales management that increased participation rates by 3X.

Headed engineering and marketing functions of a $27MM business unit. Supervised engineering staff. Trained worldwide sales force.Highlights:• Led team that saved a $2.5MM product development project from being written-off by identifying key design and assembly flaws and implementing a plan to fix them.• Cross-trained engineering staff enabling a reduction of departmental operating expenses by 40% over a 2-year period.• Reorganized efforts to solve a 5 yr old quality problem around DMAIC methodology, guided team to solution and presented statistical analysis to executives and customers to prove its effectiveness.